Key Terms:
Volstead Act: Federal law that enforced the 18th Amendment, which was prohibition of manufacturing, selling, and transporting alcohol.
Untouchables: Nickname given to a group of detectives led by Eliot Ness who targeted gangsters during the prohibition period.
21st Amendment: Constitutional amendment that got rid of the 18th amendment, which was prohibition.
Flappers: Young women in the 1920s who challenged social traditions with their dress and behavior.
Fundamentalism: The belief that everything in the bible actually happened
Scopes Trial: The trial of John Scopes, who was a high school science teacher that was prosecuted for teaching the theory of evolution rather than creation.
Key People:
Al Capone: A gang leader in Chicago
Eliot Ness: A special agent hired by the Prohibition Bureau to to after gangs.
Cecil B. DeMille: A movie director who created a new style of filmmaking by using epic plots and complex characters.
Babe Ruth: A legendary baseball player in the 1920s.
Jim Thorpe: A talented athlete who trained for the olympics, and became the first person to win both the pentathlon and the decathlon.
Charles Lindbergh: The first pilot to fly nonstop from New York to Paris, France.
Amelia Earhart: The first female pilot to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
Aimee Semple McPherson: A popular revivalist preacher.
Clarence Darrow: Defended John Scopes in the Scopes Trial.
Summary:
Prohibition:
*Reformers believed that alcohol was the cause of crime, family violence, and poverty and that it should be banned-and for a while it was.
*In some parts of the US prohibition was strictly enforced, but in most parts, the law was unpopular and ignored.
*Gangs smuggled in alcohol from other countries (bootleg alcohol), and Al Capone tried to gain control of all liquor sales in Chicago with his gang.
*Eliot Ness got Al Capone arrested for avoiding tax payments, and Capone lost control over Chicago's crime life.
*Positive outcomes of prohibition included less alcohol related deaths, and decline of alcoholism.
Youth Culture
*Many young Americans ignored the prohibition laws, and rejected the values of earlier gererations.
The "New Woman"
*The media began to glamorize the life of the "new woman", who was stylish, adventurous, independent, and career-minded.
*Some women decided to exercise this freedom in how they dressed, and the stopped wearing corsets and started wearing shorter skirts.
*Flappers would defy the traditions by having shorter hair, driving sports cars, and playing sports.
*Women worked in a wider variety of jobs, although the number of women in the work force remained consistant.
College Life
*College enrollment tripled between 1900 and 1930.
*The increasing number of college students greatly swayed popular culture.
Leisure Fun and Fads
*Many young people participated in dance marathons that went on for days- the last couple to pass out won.
*Beauty contests, such as the Miss America beauty pageant, were introduced in the 1920s, and these managers of the pageants stressed traditional morals.
*Flagpole sitting, in which people climbed on tiny platforms on top of flagpoles with only stirrups for support, was very popular.
Mass Entertainment
*Many Americans had more money and free time than they did in the past, and they turned to radios, movies, and sports.
Radio
*Commercial radio stations grew in popularity in the 1920s when more people bought radios.
*Radio broadcasted everything from the news and music to sports.
*Radio stations made money by selling advertisements to companies.
*Radio brought Americans together and connected the country.
Movies
*Movies became very popular in the 1920s.
*Hollywood was where most movies were made, and they had unique plots and characters.
*Western films were popular silent films.
*In 1927 the first "talkies" or movies with sound, were produced.
*Movies changed standards of morality and sexuality, which troubled many Americans, and therefore was censored.
Sports
*Americans turner to sports for entertainment, especially through radio broadcasting.
*College and pro football game attendance doubled in the 1920s.
*Baseball was still the most popular sport despite corruption,
Books and Magazines
*Monthly and weekly publications gave Americans info and entertainment.
*Weekly magazines such as Collier's and The Saturday Evening Post drew readers in with their cartons, stories and ads.
Celebrities and Heroes
*In the 1920s, many Americans started to follow the lives of celebrities and athletes.
*Because of the feats of many celebrities, the nation became obsessed with contests and adventure.
Religion in the 1920s
*Some Americans were troubled by the changes of the 1920s.
Revivalism
*Many Americans worried that traditional morals would be lost, and revivalism was against the 20s pop culture.
Fundamentalism
*Many people believed that pop culture weakened Christianity and contradicted the bible.
*Fundamentalism attacked all forms of fun and games.
The Scopes Trial
*Fundamentalism was challenged when a high school science teacher, John Scopes, taught the theory of evolution in school and was brought to trial for it.
*William Jennings Bryan, the persecuting attorney, said that the theory of evolution contradicted traditional religious beliefs.
*Clarence Darrow, the defending attorney, said that not allowing the theory of evolution to be taught was basically denying many of freedom of speech.
*Darrow called on Bryan to be a witness as an expert on the bible, and he was very inconsistant about his interpretation of the bible.
*Darrow lost the case, but the case he made lowered some people's opinions of Fundamentalism.
3/8/12
USHCP
Mr. Masterson
Key Terms:
Volstead Act: Federal law that enforced the 18th Amendment, which was prohibition of manufacturing, selling, and transporting alcohol.
Untouchables: Nickname given to a group of detectives led by Eliot Ness who targeted gangsters during the prohibition period.
21st Amendment: Constitutional amendment that got rid of the 18th amendment, which was prohibition.
Flappers: Young women in the 1920s who challenged social traditions with their dress and behavior.
Fundamentalism: The belief that everything in the bible actually happened
Scopes Trial: The trial of John Scopes, who was a high school science teacher that was prosecuted for teaching the theory of evolution rather than creation.
Key People:
Al Capone: A gang leader in Chicago
Eliot Ness: A special agent hired by the Prohibition Bureau to to after gangs.
Cecil B. DeMille: A movie director who created a new style of filmmaking by using epic plots and complex characters.
Babe Ruth: A legendary baseball player in the 1920s.
Jim Thorpe: A talented athlete who trained for the olympics, and became the first person to win both the pentathlon and the decathlon.
Charles Lindbergh: The first pilot to fly nonstop from New York to Paris, France.
Amelia Earhart: The first female pilot to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
Aimee Semple McPherson: A popular revivalist preacher.
Clarence Darrow: Defended John Scopes in the Scopes Trial.
Summary:
Prohibition:
*Reformers believed that alcohol was the cause of crime, family violence, and poverty and that it should be banned-and for a while it was.
*In some parts of the US prohibition was strictly enforced, but in most parts, the law was unpopular and ignored.
*Gangs smuggled in alcohol from other countries (bootleg alcohol), and Al Capone tried to gain control of all liquor sales in Chicago with his gang.
*Eliot Ness got Al Capone arrested for avoiding tax payments, and Capone lost control over Chicago's crime life.
*Positive outcomes of prohibition included less alcohol related deaths, and decline of alcoholism.
Youth Culture
*Many young Americans ignored the prohibition laws, and rejected the values of earlier gererations.
The "New Woman"
*The media began to glamorize the life of the "new woman", who was stylish, adventurous, independent, and career-minded.
*Some women decided to exercise this freedom in how they dressed, and the stopped wearing corsets and started wearing shorter skirts.
*Flappers would defy the traditions by having shorter hair, driving sports cars, and playing sports.
*Women worked in a wider variety of jobs, although the number of women in the work force remained consistant.
College Life
*College enrollment tripled between 1900 and 1930.
*The increasing number of college students greatly swayed popular culture.
Leisure Fun and Fads
*Many young people participated in dance marathons that went on for days- the last couple to pass out won.
*Beauty contests, such as the Miss America beauty pageant, were introduced in the 1920s, and these managers of the pageants stressed traditional morals.
*Flagpole sitting, in which people climbed on tiny platforms on top of flagpoles with only stirrups for support, was very popular.
Mass Entertainment
*Many Americans had more money and free time than they did in the past, and they turned to radios, movies, and sports.
Radio
*Commercial radio stations grew in popularity in the 1920s when more people bought radios.
*Radio broadcasted everything from the news and music to sports.
*Radio stations made money by selling advertisements to companies.
*Radio brought Americans together and connected the country.
Movies
*Movies became very popular in the 1920s.
*Hollywood was where most movies were made, and they had unique plots and characters.
*Western films were popular silent films.
*In 1927 the first "talkies" or movies with sound, were produced.
*Movies changed standards of morality and sexuality, which troubled many Americans, and therefore was censored.
Sports
*Americans turner to sports for entertainment, especially through radio broadcasting.
*College and pro football game attendance doubled in the 1920s.
*Baseball was still the most popular sport despite corruption,
Books and Magazines
*Monthly and weekly publications gave Americans info and entertainment.
*Weekly magazines such as Collier's and The Saturday Evening Post drew readers in with their cartons, stories and ads.
Celebrities and Heroes
*In the 1920s, many Americans started to follow the lives of celebrities and athletes.
*Because of the feats of many celebrities, the nation became obsessed with contests and adventure.
Religion in the 1920s
*Some Americans were troubled by the changes of the 1920s.
Revivalism
*Many Americans worried that traditional morals would be lost, and revivalism was against the 20s pop culture.
Fundamentalism
*Many people believed that pop culture weakened Christianity and contradicted the bible.
*Fundamentalism attacked all forms of fun and games.
The Scopes Trial
*Fundamentalism was challenged when a high school science teacher, John Scopes, taught the theory of evolution in school and was brought to trial for it.
*William Jennings Bryan, the persecuting attorney, said that the theory of evolution contradicted traditional religious beliefs.
*Clarence Darrow, the defending attorney, said that not allowing the theory of evolution to be taught was basically denying many of freedom of speech.
*Darrow called on Bryan to be a witness as an expert on the bible, and he was very inconsistant about his interpretation of the bible.
*Darrow lost the case, but the case he made lowered some people's opinions of Fundamentalism.